Although most of the recent posts give details about individual prints, earlier posts discuss some of the subtle principles guiding artists in making images meaningful and memorable.
Regarding the earlier listed prints—those more than a year ago—please email me about prints that you may be interested in to establish availability and current prices.

Condition: well inked and well printed
early impressions showing minimal wear to the printing plate, trimmed with
thread margins to the image borderline in excellent condition (i.e. there are
no tears, holes, folds, abrasions, stains or foxing) with Latin text verso (as
published).

I am selling this set of nine strong
woodcut impressions executed in Michelangelo’s lifetime for AU$324 (i.e. AU$36
each) (US$228.64/EUR199.62/GBP178.93 at the time of this listing for the set)
including postage and handling to anywhere in the world.

If you are interested in purchasing these
amazing alphabet letters designed by one of the most famous portrait painters of
the 16th century (see Holbein’s “Portrait of Henry VIII of England”),
please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal
invoice to make the payment easy.

Sunday, 30 December 2018

“The Triumph of Pride”,
1564, plate three from the series of nine engravings featuring “triumphal wagons from the Antwerp Circumcision procession of 1561” (see Rijksmuseum description:
RP-P-1963-170) after Maerten van Heemskerck (1498–1574)(New
Hollstein 482-490), published by Joannes
Galle (1600–1676) (published previously by Joannes’ father, Theodor Galle [1571–1633]
and earlier by Hieronymus Cock [c1510–1570]).
Note: the related drawings for this and the other prints in the series are in
the Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen (see BM No. 1868,0208.49 for the Curator
of British Museum’s discussion about the series).

Engraving on laid paper with margins on the bottom and left sides,
trimmed to the image borderline at the top and right sides, and backed with a
support sheet.

Note: this print was previously attributed to Dirk Volkertsz Coornhert (1522–1590) but this attribution is now
rejected.

The British Museum offers the following description of this print;

“The triumph of Pride; 'Superbia', holding a mirror and
peacock feather, sits atop a chariot driven by 'Contemptus',
brandishing a whip; the chariot is accompanied by allegorical figures,
including 'Derisio', holding two ears; after Heemskerck. 1564”

(transl.) “The personification of Pride sits on a triumphal car driving through an ancient city. She can be recognized by the mirror and the
peacock. The triumphal car is drawn by two horses and controlled by the
personification of Contempt. Other vices walk with the car. Print from a series
of nine prints with triumphal cars from the Antwerp Circumcision procession of
1561. The personifications on the wagons together depict the cycle of human
action.”

Condition: crisp and well-printed impression with small margins
around the platemark on the left and lower edge, trimmed along the image
borderline on the right and upper edge. The sheet is in excellent condition in
terms of being free of holes, creases, abrasions, significant stains, foxing or
signs of handling, but there is a closed tear (approximately 1 cm) on the lower
edge. The sheet has been laid upon a support sheet of archival (millennium
quality) washi paper.

I am selling this allegory set against an townscape of Roman antiquity
about the attendant miseries of pride personified in mythological figures—the
grim figure of Envy (Invidia) shown sucking on a heart at the feet of Pride
(Superbia) portrayed seated on the wagon pulled by the horses Curiosity (Curiostas)and
Pertinacity (Pertinatia) that are being driven by whip wielding Contempt (Contempus)
accompanied by Ostentatiousness (Jactantia),Insubordination (Inobedientia)
and Derision (Derisio)—for AU$430 (currently US$302.99/EUR264.69/GBP238.56 at
the time of this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere in the
world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).

If you are interested in this remarkable Renaissance period engraving
saturated with symbolism, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com)
and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Condition: crisp, near faultless impression on buff coloured laid
paper with wide margins in excellent condition apart from small tears to the
right edge of the margin (i.e. there are no holes, abrasions, stains or foxing).

I am selling this superb engraving exemplifying the patience and
technical skill of late 18th century engravers, for AU$172 in total
(currently US$121.20/EUR105.88/GBP95.43 at the time of posting this listing)
including postage and handling to anywhere in the world (but not, of course,
any import duties/taxes imposed by some countries).

If you are interested in purchasing this masterwork of engraving,
please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal
invoice to make the payment easy.

Friday, 28 December 2018

“Two studies of heads” (descriptive
title only), c1646, from the series of 47 plates (according to De Vesme/Massar
citing Jombert), “Recueil de divers griffonemens et preuves deau forte”,
published by Israël Henriet
(c1590–1661) in Paris.

Etching on fine laid paper trimmed with
thread margins near the platemark and backed on a support sheet.

Condition: crisp and well-printed
impression on fine laid paper in excellent condition (i.e. there are no tears,
holes, abrasions or stains—note however that there is the trace of pencil notations
from verso that may be seen through the thin paper and the upper right corner
is chipped/rounded). The sheet is trimmed close to the platemark and it is backed
on a support sheet of archival (millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this rare and exceptionally
delicate etching, revealing Della Bella’s superb skill in rendering the softness of
a child’s face with the lightest of touches, for AU$167 in total (currently US$117.97/EUR102.86/GBP92.97
at the time of posting this listing) including postage and handling to anywhere
in the world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some
countries).

If you are interested in purchasing this
sensitively etched sketch that is in near pristine condition, please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.

Thursday, 27 December 2018

“Samarobriva Ambianum Amiens” (as
inscribed on plate) (aka “View of the Amiens Cathedral”; “La cathédrale
d’Amiens”), 1882 (as dated on plate), proof impression before lettering with
publication details. (Note: I have been unable to find another example of this
gigantic etching in any of the online museum repositories and so this print may
never have been published.)

Etching on chine collé China paper laid on
ivory wove paper with wide margins backed with a support sheet.

Proof impression before the addition of publication details and
lettered title (presuming that there may be other impressions of this rare
etching and at present no other example of this print is recorded as held by
online repositories).

Condition: proof state richly inked and faultless impression but
with minor chips, tears, losses and signs of handling to the outer edge of
the wide margins. The sheet is backed with a support sheet of archival
(millennium quality) washi paper.

I am selling this huge, rare and technically breathtaking proof-state
19th century masterpiece of etching for AU$487 (currently US$343.22/EUR301.28/GBP271.15
at the time of posting this print) including postage and handling to anywhere
in the world (but not, of course, any import duties/taxes imposed by some
countries).

If you are interested in purchasing this awe inspiring, crowd
stopping etching, please contact me (oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will
send you a PayPal invoice to make the payment easy.

Etching on laid paper with small margins
around the image borderline (and trimmed along the platemark at the top and sides), backed on a support sheet.

Size: (sheet) 15.4 x 22.5 cm; (image
borderline) 14.8 x 21.3 cm

Condition: crisp and well-printed
impression with replenished loss of the lower right corner and small worm holes.
The sheet is clean and has been laid upon a support of archival (millennium
quality) washi paper.

I am selling this superbly executed and
very deceptive copy of Hollar’s etching for AU$123 (currently US$86.75/EUR76.04/GBP68.31
at the time of this listing). Postage is extra and will be the true cost based
on the shipping option preferred (i.e. letter, standard or expedited).

If you are interested in purchasing this
fine etching after Hollar (and after Ruben), please contact me
(oz_jim@printsandprinciples.com) and I will send you a PayPal invoice to make
the payment easy.